People look at society and think there is no way segregation existed between African Americans and Caucasians. Periodically, young adolescents hear older African Americans telling them about what their ancestors experienced and what some of them witnessed within the African American culture. ... In the piece, Angelou suggests that Louis' win symbolizes African Americans' victory as a race while his loss would potentially and unfairly "validate" many Caucasians' claims that African Americans were inferior. ... The language Angelou uses such as, "cracker" and ...

• Word Count: 790
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The colonists, mostly farmers and cattle herders, became known as Boers, and soon developed their own distinctive culture and language (Afrikaans). ... In 1950, the Population Registration Act required that all South Africans be racially classified into one of four categories: white, black (African), Asian, or Coloured (of mixed descent). ... The idea was that black Africans would be citizens of their homeland, losing their citizenship in South Africa and any right of involvement with the South African Parliament, which held complete hegemony over the homelands. ... Nevertheless, Afric...

• Word Count: 1235
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Micheaux clearly demonstrates the lack of educational opportunity of African Americans in the south. ... These films portray not only color prejudice but also class tensions within the African-American community. ... The silent films without the use of speech rely on the actors' actions and body language to help add detail to the story. ... Micheaux seemed to criticize African Americans who helped to perpetuate their condition for personal gain. ... Many whites believed that African Americans were too lazy or stupid to want an education at the time. ...

• Word Count: 943
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

This class was focused on teaching students the language of African Americans who first came to this country. This language was titled "Black English." ... If the statement read: "Reggie, like many other African American men and women, was a victim of police brutality... This is not a lost language, but instead a language that has faded. ... So, to make a statement such as "our language and the killer's language" is racist and absurd. ...

• Word Count: 956
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

It has been banned in places because some people of high social status are offended by the use of improper language that is found in the novel. Also it has been banned because many African Americans view this novel as one that contains racial slurs and racism (Zwick 1). ... Another example is how Jim, Huckleberry Finn's African-American friend, speaks: "Why, yes, dat's so; I-I'd done forgot it. ... The racist comments in the novel are not offensive to me simply because I am not African American. Because I am not African American, this allows me to read the novel and enjoy its p...

• Word Count: 1219
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In his essay, "Cool Like Me," Donnell Alexander uses several different literary devices to prove his claim that African Americans embody all that "cool" entails, inherently. ... Some of the descriptive language Alexander incorporates also portrays this new meaning of "cool" to the reader as well. ... He also uses some a variety in language such as, " niggas invented the shit,"(369) or "That's a black thang, baby." (368). When using language like that, he is actually instilling his cool into his writing to create a more convincing tone for his audience to prove his coolness. ... And th...

• Word Count: 1153
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Therefore I am in favor of reparations for African Americans. ... African Americans have no native language or any African customs to connect them to Africa. ... African Americans had zilch to begin with after the abolishment of slavery in 1865. ... The victims of the monopoly African slave trade never experienced such freedom. ... Well, America promised African Americans 40 acres and a mule. ...

• Word Count: 1165
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the time of its premiere, The Octoroon, inspired conversations about the abolition of slavery as well as the overall mistreatment of the African Americans. Derived from the Spanish language, the word 'octoroon' is defined as one who is 1/8th black. ... Boucicault's play focuses on the denial of liberty, identity, and dignity, while ironically preserving common African-American stereotypes of the antebellum period. ... While the author attempts to evoke anti-slavery sentiments, the play is largely in ineffectual of being a true indictment of slavery by further perpetuatin...

• Word Count: 1218
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Groups may be almost identical physiologically, yet be divided against each other on the basis of culture, language, religion, nationality. ... Maybe a better explanation of "race" is groups of people who consider themselves, and/or are considered by others, to be different from other groups because of their shared culture, language, and descent. ... African Americans also have a relationship to the dominant white culture as well like Rev Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther King they are great minority speakers. ... African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and Asian Americans...

• Word Count: 896
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is a question that many African Americans may have asked or be asking themselves. ... However "acting white" has been known to be portrayed as an African American individual that has chosen to speak properly and become serious about his or her life and future, and act in a manner that is not of the "ghetto" or "gangster" culture. ... As Chapman states in her article, "language is a ridiculous way to judge the level of ethnicity of a black person." ...

• Word Count: 460
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Guttmacher Institute's study found that less than ten percent of abortion clinics are in predominantly African-American neighborhoods (McCaffrey). ... However, the study also finds that although facilities aren't built within their neighborhoods, abortion rates for African-American women is almost five times that of white women and twice the rate for Hispanics (Fox News). ... "It is simply unacceptable for those who oppose legal abortion to use inflammatory and divisive language based on race to push an ideological agenda" (McCaffrey)....

• Word Count: 556
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She goes on to say: Just as the formation of the nation necessitated coded language and purposeful restrictions ... so too did the literature, whose founding characteristics extend into the twentieth century.... ... In other words, the space for the creation of self-narrative of whites in the United States has been in the opposition between their freedom and the enslavement of Africans, and the space for the creation of the self-narrative of white men has been in the opposition between their public power and women's domesticity and reproductive capacity. ...

• Word Count: 301
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Her sister Nettie also passes trough the same thing while living with the Olinkas in Africa, since the Olinkas also treat women as second-class citizens. ... I believe that this book is for a mature audience, it has explicit language and profound themes. ...

• Word Count: 441
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

People nowadays work and play along with each other, despise the fact that they are from different countries, have a different skin color, or speak a different language. ... For example, before, you could rarely find a family of African-American people living in the same neighborhood with white people, or using the same public service, as well as going to the same restaurant. ... Diversity has brought everybody together, African with American, European with Asian, Indian with Australian, etc. ...

• Word Count: 837
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The traditions of a society are a significant representation of the history, faith, and language of the group. ... Similarly, "Battle Royal" by Ralph Ellison conveys the way African Americans behaved when choosing between their natural self and what was expected of them as members of society. ... It is a portrayal of the blueprint the white society had applied towards the African Americans during this time period in which there was no room for change or acceptance. ...

• Word Count: 1232
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Often times, you may not even be able to find an African-American doll. ... For instance, the city of Mooresville, North Carolina has a large Spanish-speaking population, however, the local cable company refuses to add a Spanish language channel. ... Feagin, author of the book, White Racism, "This account suggests that any African-American, regardless of economic status, can be the victim of discrimination in public accommodations" (81). ...

• Word Count: 1075
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography

The negative depiction of certain characters and racist language is needed simply to make the story realistic and true to its time period. ... However, when reading this book, one must keep in mind that it is set in a time in which African Americans were not looked at as humans, but as animals that were only good for menial labor. ...

• Word Count: 910
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Although somewhat unappreciated by the general public, this work is held to be a classic work of literature despite its taboo themes and figurative language for its time period. ... The community's involvement in forming the young girls' identity is significant because it "contributes to a discursive trifecta that shows the importance of communal affirmation in maintaining the African American community" (Ero). ...

• Word Count: 673
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Film draws you into the Lakota lifestyle and makes you feel sympathetic toward the Native Americans by having them speak in their native language. ... I know how hurtful the N word used to describe African Americans can be when used by a white person. ...

• Word Count: 830
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Language is very descriptive and all information is concise and straight forward. Some of the very descriptive language comes at the start when we are first meeting the characters. ... (Pg 116) I thought it was like she was stuck in this car almost stuck in hell for these few minutes of the driving test like her forefathers were stuck in slavery in Africa and in America all those years ago. ...

• Word Count: 1005
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

It's language is explicit: "No State shall... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." ... The National Merit Scholarship has one standard for African Americans, and one for the rest of the applicants. ...

• Word Count: 1239
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

His grandfather talked about life as an African American was like war. ... Even though the Brotherhood would allow him to be a public speaker, the Brotherhood is using the narrators ability to public speak by controlling that he only speaks through Brotherhood scientific language. ...

• Word Count: 958
• Approx Pages: 4

King used different parts of the English language to enhance the meaning of his speech and bring out the details. ... I am an Asian myself and our ancestor in the United States of America never receives any treatment better then the African Americans. ...

• Word Count: 1011
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School